Sliding curtain-support.



PATENTED SEPT. l, 1903'.

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SLIDING CURTAIN SUPPORT.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL L. OROSSLEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SLIDING CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 737,585, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed April 1903. S rial N 152,018. (No model.)

ID in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I 5 This invention relates to improvements in sliding curtain-supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is especially adapted for hanging dust-curtains in stores;

and to this end I provide a support which permits the curtain to be quickly drawn so as to cover the goods upon the shelves at the close of the day to prevent dust from settlingupon them when the store is swept and also to allow the curtain to be withdrawn so as to be out of sight, as when the store is opened in the morning.

The hanger is also applicable to windowcurtains and portieres and enables them to 0 be drawn without binding.

A further object of the invention is to provide for removing the curtain from its support in a compact form and to quickly replace it in the same manner.

5 I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of shelving such as is employed in dry-goods stores, showing the curtain drawn so as to protect the goods from dust. Fig. 2 is a sectional view (full size) through the molding at the top of the shelving, showing the tubular curtainsupport and means for attaching Fig. 3 is a porting the tubular support. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional View through two sections of the tubing, showing the man- Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 0 is a longitudinal sectional view of one end of the tubular support, showing a supplemental inner tube into which the curtain is passed when it is desired to remove the curtain for any purpose. Fig. 7 is a side view of this end of the support, showing the manner of properly positioning the inner tubing. Fig. Sis a View of one of the slides which is secured to the curtain and which moves within the tube. Fig. 9 is a view of the slide arranged for use in connection with window curtains and portieres where safety-pins are used for attaching the same, and Fig. 10 isa view showing the improved supporter used in connection with a pair of portieres.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates an ordinary cabinet, such as is employed in dry-goods stores. The cabinet is provided at the top with the usual ornamental molding 2 and with shelves 3, upon which the goods are displayed. To the under side of the molding 2 is secured the improved curtain-support 4, which consists of sections of tubing, each section having a slot 5 in its under side and the sections being connected so that the slots will register and form one continuous slot from one end of the tube to the other. The sections of tubing are supported by screw-eyes 6, which are screwed into the molding 2 at intervals. A portion of the eye or ring of each screw is removed, I

as shown in Fig. 2, so that they will not interrupt the continuous slot in the tubings. Each section of tubing has a sleeve 7 rigidly attached to one end, which extends a suitable distance beyond the end of the section of tubing and is provided with a slot 8, which registers with the slot in the tube. The inner periphery of the extended portion of the sleeve is formed with a key 9, which is located at a point diametrically opposite the slot 8. The opposite end of each tube-section is provided with a short slot 10, located at a point opposite the continuous slot 5. This slot 10 extends in from the end of the tube a distance equal to the length of the key 9 in the sleeves 7.

In assembling the sections of tubing the end of the tube having the short slot 10 is slipped into the sleeve 7 on the end of a second section, so that its slot shall slip over the key. The key will prevent the section from turning in its sleeve, and will thus cause the slots in the bottom of the tubes to register.

Each section is connected to another section in the same manner until all the sections are united.

The curtain 11 is connected with the tubular support in the following manner: Along the top edge of the curtain is secured at suitable intervals a series of slides each of which comprises a ball 12, from which a pair of tongues 13 depend. These tongues are just Wide enough apartto permit the curtain to pass between them and are perforated, as shown at 14, so that theymay be secured to the curtain by stitching. lVhen a sufficient number of slides have been secured to the curtain,the curtain is suspended from the tubular support by slipping the balls in at one end of the tube, so that the tongue to which the curtain is stitched shall project downward through the continuous slot, and in this manner the curtain may be easily slid so as to cover or uncover the goods on the shelves.

WVhile I have described the tubing as being supported by screw-eyes, which are screwed into the molding at the top of the cabinet, I may support it in the manner illustrated in Fig. 8, in which the molding 15 is made in two parts, each part being formed with a semicircular groove. These grooves inclose the tubing, as shown, and when the two sections of molding are secured together the tubingwill be securely held in place and entirely hidden from view. a

At one end of the shelf-casing or cabinet 1 is a narrow cabinet or closet 16, which may be closed by a door 17. The tubular support 4 is given a bend at its end adjacent to the cabinet 16 and enters the same just above the top of the door.

Previous to beginning business in the morning the curtains are shifted along the tube and into the small cabinet 16, after which the door is closed, which prevents the curtain from being seen. At the close of the day the door of the cabinet is opened and the curtain drawn to the position shown in Fig. 1, when the goods on the shelves will be protected from dust while the store is being swept, as well as during the night, when the dust in the store would settle down.

At the opposite end of the tubular support I provide a quick and convenient way of removing and replacing the curtain. I accomplish this by providing a section of tubing 18 which is just small enough in diameter to be slipped easily into the supporting-tube i. This tube is provided with a knob 19 at one 7 end having a shoulder 20, which rests against the end of the outer tube. The knob has a shank which extends into the tube and is retained therein by a pin 21, which extends a slight distance beyond the surface of the tube tube. This notch 22 is so positioned that when the pin 21 slips into it the slots in the inner and outer tubes will register.

Now when it is desired to remove the curtain from the supporting-tube for any purpose, as for washing, it is moved along the tube a and into the inner removable tube 18. This tube is then withdrawn, carrying the curtain with it. A clean curtain is passed in the supporting-tube by first connecting it with the inner tube and then sliding this tube into the supporting-tube, and this manner of removing and replacing the curtain overcomes a great deal of trouble and annoyance.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated a slide comprising a ball 23, from which depends aneye 24:, from which hangs a suitably constructed safety-pin 25. This arrangement is especially adapted for hanging portieres, as illustrated in Fig. 10. The slides are placed in the slotted tube 4, which is secured at each end to one side of the doorway by suitable ringbrackets 26, as shown. The portieres are then connected to the slides by the pins 25, which will permit the portieres to be quickly removed for the purpose of cleaning.

The device herein described is cheap and simple and is admirably adapted not only for store service, but for domestic uses as well. The tubing is light and strong and much more artistic in appearance than the curtainpoles now in use, which soon become defaced by the constant movement of the curtain-rings.

While I have illustrated my preferred c011- struction, I do not wish to be limited to this precise form, as many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. I11 a support for curtains and the like, the combination with a suitable shelf-casing, having a cabinet formed upon one end thereof, of a horizontally-disposed tube supported at the top of the casing having a continuous slot in its under side, and having one end bent so as to enter the cabinet; spherical slides within the main tube, each having a pair of perforated tongues which extend down through the slot in the tube, a curtain which is held between the tongues of the several slides by a suitable securing means, a short piece of tube slidably fitting within said main tube, a recess in the end of said main tube, a plug fitting in the end of said short tube, a pin extending through said plug and said short tube and projecting beyond said short tube into the recess in said main tube, and a slot in the under side of said short tube registering with the continuous slot in said main tube, substantially as described.

2. In a support for curtainsand the like, a tube composed of a plurality of sections, each of which is slotted on one side from end to end, and is provided at oneend with a key way diametrically opposite the continuous slot; a sleeve rigidly secured to the opposite end of each section, a portion of which ex- 1 ing a slot which registers With the'slot in the IO tends beyond the end of the tube, and is promain tube, and means for supporting the main vided on its inner periphery with a key, the tube, substantially as shown.

sections being connected together, so as to In testimony whereof I affiX my signature form a continuous tube; spherical slides carin presence of two Witnesses.

ried by the tube, each having a pair of per- DANIEL L. CROSSLEY. forated tongues which extend through the slot Witnesses in the tube; a short section of tube adapted G. SARGEN'I ELLIOTT,

to slide within one end of the main tube hav- BESSIE THOMPSON. 

